ok - here I am, the night before the wedding trying to recap the week. I had high intentions of adding photos and keeping somewhat of an online diary for everyone back home... i dropped the ball. But, here I am at least admitting the facts, and aiming to re-cap briefly so I can get some much needed rest. Turns out the villa is as spectacular as David and I had remembered, so amazing, noone has wanted to go to bed much before 4am each night, and with travels departing around noon each day, that hasn't given us much sleep time...
Saturday: 8am-8pm picked up friends from the airport, went grocery shopping (what an experience, I went alone
and filled 3 carts and had to pay in Euros and try to get help by non-English speaking employees - AHH).. But the night was worth our first dinner together, all 18 Americans in Pollensa eating dinner at 11:00pm!
Sunday: toured Formentor, the most northern piece of the island. This is one of my favorite places for it's amazing views and magnificent cliffs. Then, amazingly, there was such a storm coming in from Barcelona, that we couldn't snorkel at David's favorite beach, so we spent time at the villa.
Monday: went shopping at Majorica, the best place in the world for cultured pearls! We then "took the plunge" b
y rock jumping at Calas de Mallorca (beach)! SO FUN!! We did get to snorkel, though the beach was very sandy, so not a whole lot to see underwater - you could pretty much see straight to the bottom no matter which angle you were looking from!
Tuesday: a much needed "nothing" day - we enjoyed the villa, baked a little too long in the sun and rested! Dinner was originally planned for Palma, but driving through David's hometown, Biniali, we decided to stop in to see his parents... Low-and-behold, we were invited by the mayor to visit the next town over, as they were having a town dinner! We arrived to receive a variety of pasteries and dinner dishes, true Mallorquine style! And the night progressed with a DJ, dancing, and even a Spanish randition of "Achy Breakey Heart" - which, I sadly, yet happily remembered the line dance from childhood... And if you are wondering, YES, I totally joined in the line dancing!
Wednesday: A long and windy road to Lluc put pretty much everyone over the top, and we ended up scrapping all other plans after our journey to the Monestary where David's dad grew up. We enjoyed the trip, but after about 8 hours of traveling, we were spent and most of the girls ended up pumping our men with advil and trying to cool down fevers and warm up shivering bodies.
Thursday: Everyone is better now, and we woke early to visit market, a true taste of Africa and Spain in the second largest city in Mallorca, Inca! Some enjoyed haggling, and some were "had" but all had a good time! After Inca, our group, now at 20 Americans, hung out at the villa before attending the amazing, magnificent, unbelievable Pirates Theatre Show! It was incredible! Somewhat of a dinner theatre meets acrobatics, it was breathtaking!
Now here I am, reflecting on the trip and wishing I had gotten this information to you sooner.. but hey, here it is, and off to bed I go!
Photos to come as we gather them from our friends (David and I have been so busy as "tour guides" we haven't had time to capture the memorable moments of our trip... but our guests all have, so we will soon have those loaded).
Adios for now - see you next as MRS. BIBILONI!
Love, Jordyn.
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